current river banana

The mulch is either dyed Cypress or Oak and not real fresh. I doubt it is a leaching of N as the others with the same treatment have done fine. I suspect Inkcube's theory on bacteria is correct as the decay is so uniform on both leaves and the stem. From raising pumpkins I know bacteria is a tough battle, I may try some human or animal antibiotics as this approach has seen limited success in the pumpkin patches around USA. Obviously this is personal now and I'll spend what I have to to beat the beast!